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Thursday February 5 2026
  8:00PM doors -- music at 8:30PM
  •••  21 AND OVER
$13 in advance / $15 at the door
The Five Highs
the5highs.com
 ock, pop, and soul
The Genie
thegeniemusic.com
 avant-garde \ scratch guitar
Sean O'Brien and His Dirty Hands
seanobmusic.com
 americana rock indie pop



The Five Highs
-from San Francisco, CA
-Welcome to The 5 Highs — where dynamic rhythms meet powerful melodies. Known for their seamless blend of rock, pop, and soul, The 5 Highs deliver performances that captivate audiences and bring every venue to life. Explore their journey, listen to their latest tracks, and stay updated on upcoming shows right here. Experience the sound that’s defining a new era of music.



The Genie
-from San Francisco, CA
-Sponsored by Line 6 in 2008, The Genie is an avant-garde guitarist, performing artist, and looping innovator from San Francisco. Among the most innovative and specialized live-looping artists today, he is the creator of a unique method called 'scratch guitar' and a live-remixing style called ‘g-mixing'. Refining his craft as a full-time performer for the past fifteen years, he brings together a hybrid of genres while utilizing unconventional live production styles and original looping techniques, creating a uniquely mesmerizing performance.



Sean O'Brien and His Dirty Hands
-from Kensington, CA
-Sean O’Brien is the former lead singer of several California-based rock groups going back in time almost forty years. The groups include: MEANTIME, TRUE WEST, DENIM TV, and THE MARIETTAS. Side projects include Sante Fe, by The Mistaken (Triple X) featuring Gregg Turner of the Angry Samoans.. 1999 saw the release of 12 by The Mariettas, a powerful punk-pop quartet which included former members of several legendary LA-area groups; such as The Leaving Trains, Baby Lemonade and Arthur Lee and Love.

Sean returned to his native Bay Area in 2001. His first solo album, Too Personal, was released in 2005 and Seed of Mayhem in 2006 with guest artists Manfred and Tom Hofer of Leaving Trains and Russ Tolman of True West. In 2006 Sean formed his permanent group, Sean O’Brien and His Dirty Hands: featuring Jeff Kane on lead guitar, Bill Davis on Bass, and Matt Shelley on drums. The Dirty Hands recorded their first CD, Goodbye Game, in 2008 with guest artists Sylvia Juncosa and Julie Wolf. In the summer of 2009, Sean released The Drug of Memory, a compilation covering nearly thirty years of recorded work. First Cold Press released a third Denim TV album, “Denim TV – Live at Club Graffiti – 5/30/85?, featuring several previously unreleased songs. In 2012, Sean released Future Harvest, a co-produced with his good friend and musical partner Jeff Kane, who passed away shortly after the album was released. A Tribute to Jeffrey Kane digital EP was released at the end of 2013. Sean O’Brien and His Dirty Hands released latest album, Risk Profile in 2014 and a Deluxe Edition of Risk Profile in 2015. In 2017, Sean released an album of live acoustic performances, It Was Sad Without You There: Acoustic Sessions. Also in 2017, the live band of Greg Lisher of Camper Van Beethoven on guitar; Kevin Thomas White of Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express on Bass, and long-time co-producer/engineer Matt Boudreau on drums released a new four-song EP, Mistakes. An additional track recorded at the same sessions, "Old Black Cloud" was released as a digital single. A promotional video of the track "Sleeping With Me" from the Mistakes EP was also released. In 2019, Sean O'Brien and His Dirty Hands released "My Colors Dark".

“Last Hello” by Sean O’Brien and His Dirty Hands was released January 3, 2025 in both in both stereo and Spatial Audio with ATMOS formats. CD and LP formats will be available through Bandcamp. Produced by Matt Boudreau and Sean O’Brien. The LP features Damon Wood, Tom Hofer, Kevin Thomas White and Rick Munoz. Thanks to Jack Rabid, who selected Last Hello to Jack Rabid’s (of The Big Takeover magazine) Picks, 2025’s 200 Best Albums, Singles and Reissues.

Recording sessions for tracks were successfully completed recently at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, CA. An EP is planned and the next Sean O’Brien and His Dirty Hands LP will be released in 2026. Recently a recording session was completed in Oneonta, New York with the great Patrick Strain on pedal steel. Thanks to Patrick and the staff at Dry Hill Recording Studios. Other guest artists on the new recordings include: Amie Penwell, Dave Zirbel, Nathaniel Wolkstein and Adam Rossi.